Carton



G. ROTTMAN CARTON Filed Dec. 1 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. Geo/r 5 Ron M ATTORNEYS Oct. 9, 1945. G ROTTMAN 2,386,407

CARTON Filed Dec. 1, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 TTORNE Y5 G; ROTTMAN Oct. 9, 1 945.

CARTON Filed Dec. 1, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 a m m I I m I I m n 0 I 0 m a I a IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNE Y5 Patented Oct. 9, 1945 1. UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE P If t 2,386,407 1 CARTON v George Rottman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application December 1, 1942, Serial No 467,488;

3 Claims. (Cl. 211-32) invention relates to new and improved cartons which can be used for holding hats and other articles of clothing, inorder to protectthe same from dust, moths and the like.

The principal object of m invention is to pro-, vide cartons which can be simply manufactured and assembled from a pluralit of blanks. One of these blanks may comprise the body of the carton and the other blank may comprise the cover of a carton.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved forms for hats, to be used in said can tons.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the annexed description and drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments thereof.

Fig. 1 is a section on the line |l of Fig. 2, which shows one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig; 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bracket which is used in the embodiment of Figs. 1-3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank which is set up to make the bracket of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of said bracket of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is an elevation, partially in section, of another embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a plan View of the blank which is set-up to make the bracket of the embodiment of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 shows another embodiment, which has a different form of bracket.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the blank which is set up to make the bracket of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 showsstill another embodiment, which is provided with protective means against soiling the brim of the hat and with locking means to hold the hat in position when shipping,

Fig. 13 is a section on line |3l3 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a detailed plan view of the bracket of Figs. 12 and 13, with the protective means attached thereto in unfolded position and with the locking means in inoperative position.

Fig. 15 is a perspective of the bracket which is used in the embodiment of Figs. 12-14.

Referring to Fig. 1, this shows an element 54, which may have a closed bottom and an open top, or which may be open at its top and bottom.

Said element 54 has one or more pairs of brackets B. Each bracket B is made of bendable cardboard or the like. Each bracket B has a top leg 55, a ledge 56 which is provided with a sleeve 51 which is made of felt or other soft material, an inclinedleg 58, andan upwardly bent leg 59 which has a slot 60. Said slotl has respective lateral offsets 6| at its ends. The blank which is shown. in Fig. 5 is bendable along I the lateral lines L. The top leg 55 is fixed .to

shank of fastener 63 is aligned with the top oflfset 61. Ledge 56 may then be substantially vertical. The shank of fastener 63 can then be interlocked with top offset 6|. When leg 59 is slid to its bottom position, ledge 56 may be still substantially inclined away from the wall of element Two hats can thus be held in partially nested formation upon the respective pairs of ledges 56. Hence the vertical wall of element 54 can be 1 made and shipped in original flat sheet form,

with the brackets lying fiat against said flat sheet form, and with the fiat bracket elements parallel to each other, The flat legs 59 and 58 will then abut each other.

The bracket of Figs. 7-9 has a leg 590. which extends downwardly from the inclined leg 58, when said bracket is set up. Said leg 59a has a keyhole slot 60a, whose end 601) is sufficiently large to enable the head of fastener 63 to be passed through said slot-end 60b. Hence the element 54 can be made and shipped as a flat blank, with the flat blanks of the brackets connected thereto by the respective fasteners 62. Each bracket is set up by passing the head of the respective fastener 63 through the slot-end 66b and then moving the bracket relative to said fastener 63, until the shank of said fastener 63 is located in the slot 60a, whose width is less than the width of the head of fastener 63.

In each of said embodiments, each bracket may be turnable around the shank of the respective fastener 62.

The embodiment of Figs. 10 and 11 shows a double bracket of the type shown in Figs. 4-6, so that the brim of each hat is clamped in position between the respective horizontal ledges 56. Each leg 55, which is fixed or turnably connected to element 54 by the headed fastener 62, is located between a pair of ledges 56.

Referring to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 12-15, bracket Bl is similar in construction to bracket B of the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 16, heretofore described. The said bracket BI is secured to the wall 54 in the same manner as said bracket B. Bracket BI is set in the operative position the same as bracket B, heretofore described.

Bracket BI is provided with a cloth member 10 which is secured to ledge 56 of said bracket by means of-a staple-H. There is positioned on the top-facev of cloth member Ill adjacent its secured end, a reinforcing strip 12. Staple H passes through the cloth member 10 and rein-- forcing member 12.

The opposite end 10a of cloth member 10 is free and is folded in the manner illustrated in Fig. 12. The brim 13 of hat H is held within the to said wall when its second leg is in a first predetermined position, said intermediate leg being outwardly inclined from said other legs when folded portion of the free end Illa: Inthis mannor, the hat is protected against soiling.

To prevent cloth member 10 from unfolding, a'locking member H is secured toledge 56 of bracket Bl by means of the rivet 15. The said member M isturnable as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. =Not only does locking member 14 hold cloth member 10 in theproper position, but it also locksrbrim 13 of -hat H so that the hat will not become dislodged while shipping.

said second leg is slid to a second predetermined position.

2. A hat-supporting device according to claim 1, in which each of said brackets is provided with locking means for holding the brim of the hat.

3'. A hat-supporting device according to claim 1, in'which each of said brackets is provided with protective means for preventing the soiling of the hat.

GEORGE RO'I'IMAN. 

